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<p><dfn class="terminology">Solution</dfn></p>
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\begin{equation*}
y^{\prime \prime}-\frac{x+2}{x} y^{\prime}+\frac{x+2}{x^2}y=0,\quad \textrm{for}~x\neq 0.
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<p class="continuation">The Wronskian is</p>
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\begin{equation*}
W=C \exp \left[ -\int p(x) \textrm{d} x  \right]=C \exp \left[ \int \frac{x+2}{x} \textrm{d} x  \right]=C \exp [x+2 \ln |x|]=C e^x \cdot e^{\ln x^2}=C x^2 e^x.
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